Polyethylene glycol PEG 1500 is used as a softening agent in medicine suture and the lubricant of surgical. As an ointment, the water soluble no stimulation to the skin, easy to wash, not easy moldy.PEG is soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, acetonitrile, benzene, and dichloromethane, and is insoluble in diethyl ether and hexane.

Specification

Type

Appearance (25Co)

Color (Pt-Co) max

Hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g)

M.W.

pH

PEG 200

Colorless liquid

40

510-623

180-220

5.0-7.0

PEG 300

Colorless liquid

40

340-416

270-330

5.0-7.0

PEG 400

Colorless liquid

40

255-311

360-440

5.0-7.0

PEG 600

Colorless liquid

40

170-208

540-660

5.0-7.0

PEG 800

White paste

40

127-156

720-880

5.0-7.0

PEG 1000

White paste

40

102-125

900-1100

5.0-7.0

PEG 1500

White solid

40

68-84

1350-1650

5.0-7.0

PEG 2000

White flake

50

51-63

1800-2200

5.0-7.0

PEG 3000

White flake

50

34-42

2700-3300

5.0-7.0

PEG 4000

White flake

50

26-32

3600-4400

5.0-7.0

PEG 6000

White flake

50

16-21

5400-7000

5.0-7.0

PEG 8000

White flake

50

12-16

7200-8800

5.0-7.0

Application

1) PEG can be used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemical engineering, rubber, metal finishing, pesticide, pigment and spinning & weaving fields.2) PEG is also one of the main materials of ester type surface active agent.